Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined. For all he cared: the game was as good as lost
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If you keep playing with this door handle, it will get __________
Choose the option that best completes the gap. While the worshippers closed their eyes in prayer, a thief made __________ with the collection
Choose the option that best completes the gap. The young man looked carefully at the long document, but he couldn't make __________ what it meant
Choose the option that best completes the gap. I was seriously disappointed when the __________ between the two teams ended in a goalless draw
Choose the option that best completes the gap. Mrs. Okoro __________ in this school since 1975
Choose the option that best completes the gap. Wherever the leader went people struggled to catch a __________ of him
Choose the option that best completes the gap. The chairman refused to shake __________ with the secretary
After so many trials, the experiment __________
Choose the option that best completes the gap, I'll find time for my _________ when I get _________with this difficult assignment.
Which of the following aptly describes the moral of the story?
The expression angry tone and terrible aspect refers to the wolf’s
The charges levelled against the lamb are
The expression 'when this excuse failed him' suggests that the
From the way the story ended, it can be concluded that the
In the passage 'manic pleasure' means
The expression 'must kick it and make it collapse' in this context means
How does the author try to explain this ‘destructive stage'?
What other feeling does the child derive from the fall of his tower apart from pleasure?
According to this passage, it gives the child great pleasure